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authormanu <manu>2005-03-29 07:15:52 +0000
committermanu <manu>2005-03-29 07:15:52 +0000
commit3fab299f9d52d5ca6cb0fc2ef778d19f5076396f (patch)
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parent371e736ea136604eaea1dc69d2e4fed527bed880 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-3fab299f9d52d5ca6cb0fc2ef778d19f5076396f.tar.gz
As pointed out by Johnatan Stone, this tool needs a strong warning about
being unsuitable for internet use.
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@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ image on all the workstations of a computer room at the same time.
The protocol used is rather simple and will not make any effort to avoid
flooding your network. IGMP-snooping enabled switches are advised.
+
+WARNING: this tool is designed to operate on a private LAN where no
+congestion occurs. It has no rate limiting feature, which makes it
+unsuitable for use on the Internet. Do not try to use it outside of
+a private LAN, it will attempt to eat all your bandwidth to flood the
+multicast group you send data to.